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Tag: stem cells

Future of premature baby care

Study shows potential for improving premature baby care: One in two premature babies receives transfusions of red blood cells (RBC) due to anaemia. There are...
Future of premature baby care

New way to reduce scarring

Researchers have been able to reduce scarring by blocking part of the healing process in research that could make a significant difference for burns and...
New way to reduce scarring

Stem cell research for ‘untreatable’ STDs

Stem cell research offers hope for those with ‘untreatable’ STDs. Stem cell research has advanced significant research which could offer hope to people suffering from...
Stem cell research for ‘untreatable’ STDs

Life and death on the operating table

Rebecca Wallersteiner reviews “Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table” by Stephen Westaby – at the cutting edge...
Life and death on the operating table

A Day to Unite – World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day brings people together across the world who have been affected by the disease. As a specialist nurse in the patient services team...
A Day to Unite – World Cancer Day

Stem cell donation

The first treatment for all types of leukaemia is usually chemotherapy, a powerful drug treatment that kills the cancerous cells in the blood. Treatment can...
Stem cell donation

New Hearts for old

For a long time, it was thought that the heart muscle was post-mitotic - meaning the heart cells (that are responsible for the contraction of the heart,...
New Hearts for old